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Automated Painting Solution for General Industry: Dürr and Kuka Introduce Jointly Developed Robot System with all its different components, is completed and pre-commissioned at Dürr. It is thus ready for use (“ready2spray”), can be quickly installed at the customer’s site, and ensures efficient processes and a consistently high-quality paint finish. The ready2spray robot enables the application of solvent- and water-based one- and two-component paints. It can be equipped with matching dosing pumps, paint pressure regulators and color changers. Depending on requirements, it comes with automated spray guns (air-atomizing or airless) from the EcoGun range or with electrostatic high-speed rotating atomizers from the EcoBell range, both by Dürr. Dürr is the world leader in automotive painting and car body sealing through its painting and sealing robots as well as its application technology. As in the
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growing need for fully automated paint application of the highest quality. The new painting robot system offers a perfect complement to Dürr’s product portfolio in the form of a compact painting robot for customers in general industry. The new solution is a true innovation in this market segment.” Stefan Lampa, CEO of Kuka Roboter GmbH says: “Its perfectly matched and tried-and-tested components are a unique selling point. They have been merged and integrated into an automated painting solution, which is currently unique in the market.” The painting robot system consists of a small six-axis robot equipped with stateof-the-art paint application technology. This technology is available in different configurations, tailored to each individual customer project. The system,
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Figure 1: Equipped with application technology, ready to spray: While the robot comes from Kuka, Dürr provides the paint application technology.
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ürr and Kuka, both leading manufacturers in the fields of production and automation technology, have joined forces: together they have developed an integrated solution for automated paint application in the form of a compact robot for general industry. While the robot comes from Kuka, Dürr provides the paint application technology (Figs. 1 and 2). Pre-installed and ready-to-spray, the robot contains fully compatible, tried-andtested components and offers a unique combination in the market. It is perfectly suited to the requirements of general industry. Areas of application include the painting of wood, plastics, glass and metal. Dr. Hans Schumacher (Fig. 3), Board Spokesman of Dürr Systems AG, says: “General industry has also seen a
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Figure 2: The ready2spray robot enables the application of solventand water-based one- and two-component paints. It can be equipped with Dürr products.